B overall score

                    One group had a higher score

                    Four groups had a lower score

                    Two groups had the same score

How are scores calculated?

The overall score is based on the average of the scores below for species abundance, blade length, and short shoot density. Each of these three scores is based on how close the reported values are to the overall averages ("true") across all groups participating in the transect training. Reported values summarized for each species across all transects that deviate largely from the averages are given lower scores. The overall score is then ranked relative to all other groups.

Species Abundance reported (most common) Blade length reported cm (most common) Short shoot density reported per m 2 (most common)
Transect 2 Syringodium 5-25% (5-25%) 0 (19.2) 14 (15.7)
Thalassia 5-25% (25-50%) 0 (23.9) 1.3 (1.3)
Transect 3 Halodule 25-50% (51-75%)
Thalassia 5-25% (5-25%)
Transect 5 Halodule 5-25% (5-25%) 10.4 (7.1) 18.3 (23.8)
Transect 6 Halodule - (few) - (2.3)
Syringodium 5-25% (5-25%) 28.8 (24.8) 4 (3.7)
Thalassia 5-25% (25-50%) 28.2 (25.6) 3.7 (4.7)
Transect 7 Halodule <5% (<5%)
Transect 10 Halodule - (solitary)
Thalassia 51-75% (76-100%)
Abundance summary

B+ 

reported values deviate a little from the average, varies by species

Halodule +1 mean BB categories away across transects

Syringodium 0 mean BB categories away across transects

Thalassia 0 mean BB categories away across transects

Blade Length summary

reported values deviate a lot from the average, varies by species

Halodule +5.7 cm difference on average across transects

Syringodium -7.6 cm difference on average across transects

Thalassia -10.7 cm difference on average across transects

Short Shoot Density summary

A- 

reported values deviate a little from the average, slightly lower

Halodule -5.5 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Syringodium -0.7 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Thalassia -0.5 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Abundance

B+ 

Room for improvement! Learn how to brush up on abundance by viewing the link here.

Blade Length

Room for improvement! Learn how to brush up on blade length by viewing the link here.

Short Shoot Density

A- 

Looks good, keep doing what you're doing!

Species identification